Show me your (new) moves
These streets never sleep. Or at least, theStreets of Ragenever do.Streets of Rage 4just got a massive free update, adding a custom survival mode, new co-op moves, character balancing, and more.
Co-developers DotEmu, Lizardcube, and Guard Crush Games released the new update on Friday. In it, the crew says, are over 300 improvements to 2020’sStreets of Rage 4. I’ve looked at the list, and it’s massive, including character balancing changes across the cast of this beat ’em up.
One of the big bullet points is the new custom survival mode. This will let players tweak their survival mode experience to their liking, with slides and boxes for starting level, healing, weapons, hazards, enemy scaling, and more. You can get a glimpse of the options in thisnew trailer:
Another big one is a new co-op attack, where you can pick up and throw your partner for a special strike. It’s like a tag-team wrestling attack, only their fists are on fire. The update is live now for allStreets of Rage 4owners.
Fists of fury
If you don’t happen to ownStreets of Rage 4yet, this weekend may be a good time to address that. There’s currently a sale across the Steam store, PlayStation Store, and Nintendo eShop. TheMr. X NightmareDLC is also discounted too, and there’s a bundle on Steam.
Basically, there’s a lot of good reasons to playStreets of Rage 4. The most important one, though, is thatit’s a very, very good game. I have some fond memories running through this, both solo and co-op, and it’s great to see this franchise revival still getting updates years later. Though there havebeen many other brawlers and beat ’em upssince, I always enjoy an excuse to jump back intoStreets of Rage.
